The sequel to Angel's Daughter.

Angelica had a normal life…that is until she moved to L.A. to live with her father, Angel, and began fighting crime with him. Her boyfriend has been turned into a vampire and she's obsessed with finding the vampire that vamped him and keeping a relatively normal life...somewhat.

Special Guest Stars:

Daniel "Oz" Oswald

Buffy Summers

Willow Rosenberg

Faith

Spike

Drusilla

Darla

Rupert Giles

Alexander Harris

Dawn Summers

Angelica's Lament

Prologue

Here's a question: What do you do when you have to deal with all the norms of high school, fight supernatural crime by night, and your boy friend and father are vampires?

Yeah, I don't have the answer either. But that's my life. All the little monsters that you thought were hiding in your closet probably were. The eyes under your bed most likely belonged to Groxlar Beast. The thing under your stairs was actually a demon monk. And the things that went bump in the night were in reality pounding to get in.

These are the harsh facts I have come to realize during my time with my dad. No wonder I don't have many friends.

But I do have one, Chestnut. She's amazing; her blonde hair kind of annoys me at how perfect it was but, whatever. She helps me with the whole crime fighting thing. Dad doesn't mind…mostly.

Then there's Toby. He and I went to high school together; that was until he was turned into a vampire by Spike, who was getting back at Angel, my dad, for staking Drusilla, my mom. And now he lives in the hotel with me and we spend every moment together that we can get. But Angel keeps an annoyingly close watch.

See, the thing about Toby is that he was given a soul again by the amount of love he had for me. His love brought him back to me and away from the side of evil.

And about the whole family deal? It's really confusing. Long story short…Angel and Drusilla had sex (ew!) and then Drusilla left and nine months later I popped out. She raised me on her own in San Diego and I had a semi normal life. Then, just after my sixteenth birthday, she told me my father didn't die in the service and sent me to Las Angelus to live with him. I found out he was a vampire and fell in total love with this boy, Toby. Spike came back and Drusilla and he kidnapped me as this big plan to screw my father over. Angel rescued me, concord all, killed Drusilla…blah blah blah. Spike came back, again, to revenge my mother's death and ended up turning Toby into a vampire. When Toby came back, with a soul, Angel felt inclined to take him in and teach him the ropes. Only…not so nicely.

My name is Angelica, no last name on the account my parents were technically dead, and I live in a hotel with my dead father, dead boyfriend, and a band of weird people who will have your back until the end...

So, any questions?

Chapter 1

It had been five months since Toby had been turned into a vampire. I was 17 now and he was still 17. It kind of made me sad when I thought about how Toby would always be 17 and I would age. But, don't worry I wasn't going all Bella Swan; begging Toby to turn me into a vampire. I liked my heart beating, thank you.

But, over those five months, I'd become a junior in high school, Toby hadn't tried to kill anyone, he'd also gotten used to drinking pig's blood, and Angel didn't keep such an annoyingly close watch on him so Toby had time to come slip into bed with me in the middle of the night.

At first it was weird. I would lay there wondering if Toby was going to rip out my jugular in the middle of my sleep and I would wake up dead. Not a good thing.

But after a while I got used to it and get this, we snuggle.

It's weird…snuggling with a vampire. He's cold but with enough blankets I's in a happy medium with his cool body and the California heat.

School's gotten useless. All I do is sit in class and think up fight strategies while my teachers go on about the SATs. Boring.

But, I digress, point was that Toby would sneak away to sleep in my bed and that morning was no different. I woke up to the powerful aroma of my boyfriends skin pressed close to my face.

I moved and his eyes snapped open. "Morning." I moaned, stretching that stretch that felt so good at eight in the morning.

Toby smiled and looked down at me, since he was taller he sat up higher in the bed, "Morning." He whispered and leaned down to kiss me.

It was a sweet sensual kiss that I felt everywhere in my body, from my toes to my scalp. I never wanted that kiss to end. But, like all good things…

"You have to get ready for school." Toby stated, like I didn't already feel the day of school looming over my head.

I sighed and rolled onto my back, "I know." Then I jumped forward at him and grabbed his hair, "Maybe I can take a personal day; stay home with you, sleep all day." I smiled my man eating smile at him and he shivered.

It was nice to know that that smile worked on vampires as well as humans.

"You can't, you need to go to school and learn for the both of us." He pulled my hands out of his hair and placed one last kiss on my forehead before slipping out of my bed.

He looked so amazing in his pajama bottoms and no shirt. I almost squealed with delight. But that was too creepy so I kept my liking to myself.

School was dull…again! Nothing ever caught my fancy anymore. I didn't have many friends because people think I was either holding Toby hostage in my torture dungeon basement or I killed him and were feeding his body to the secretly in Wednesdays' beef soup. I wish it were that simple.

Chestnut came bouncing over to my locker as soon as I spun the combination and pulled it open.

"What are we doing tonight?" she was all bubbly over this fighting evil and crime, and it was adorable and annoying at the same time.

"I don't know, probably sitting and waiting for a call to come in. Nothing big is rising anytime soon." I shrugged.

"How was last night?" she asked, dropping her bag on the floor and following it down to the ground.

"What was last night?" I asked, pulling out my Algebra 2 text book.

"Did you and Toby sleep together again?" she was mindlessly picking at the dirt under her nails, one of her many nervous habits. And Chestnut was nervous all the time.

"Well we slept in the same bed, yes." I tried avoiding this subject but Chestnut plowed into it full force.

"Are you two every going to…you know." She started playing with the ends of her hair, yet another nervous habit.

The thing with Toby and me was, I wanted to. I wanted to give him all of me and I don't think he'd hurt me in the end. I mean who else would want to date a vampire. Well two other people I know, but they don't count.

I really wanted to drop the subject so I just ignored her comment and walked toward my first period class.

All through the school I daydreamed about Toby sitting next to me, smiling at me in Chemistry, laughing at lunch, walking home hand in hand after the day. But, every time I came back to reality I looked over at Toby's empty desk in the front of the room.

Lunch was as boring as it always was, and Miranda, Toby's ex, still glared at me form across the room. Some things never change.

When I got home it was empty and silent. Either every one was out on a call or something was wrong. But when I saw Toby come out of Wesley's office holding an old leather book my nerves were eased.

He looked up when he heard my feet padding across the floor and smiled. "Hey, beautiful." Toby closed the book and hugged me hello.

It was like coming home to a puppy, always happy to see you. But it was still nice, I mean I loved Toby…I think.

Thankfully Cordelia walked in at that moment and broke my strain of thoughts.

"If I ever have to kill another squishy demon again, I think I'll go crazy." She slumped against the counter and put he head down.

"Yes, well be glad this job has good dental." Wesley said, coming in. he had purple slime dripping down the front of his jacket and dirt all over his face.

"Oh my god, Wesley made a joke? The apocalypse must be coming." I slid my arm around Toby's waist and smiled at him.

"Ha-bloody-ha." Wesley took off his glasses and wiped them like he always does. It's nice to know some things never change.

"Children, no fighting. I'm too exhausted to deal with the fighting." Dad came in and collapsed onto the round couch in the middle of the lobby.

"Bad fight?" asked him with genuine concern in my voice.

Angel sighed and closed his eyes, "Not so much bad, as exhausting. I mean we killed the bad guy, good over evil. Life goes on."

"For some of us." Toby muttered. An awkward silence fell over the group and before anyone could say anything Toby stalked out of the room.

I looked around at the people with sympathy, then turned and went after him. It had been hard for Toby to readjust to this life style. I mean for 17 years he lived, actually lived, in a world where the monsters and stories were jus that, stories.

But now he'd been ripped from those beliefs and placed in a world he had no knowledge of. I knew how he felt. When I was sent here by dead people who shall remain nameless, it was hard and awkward at first.

Here was this whole new world that I could either except and embrace or run and hide and forget it ever happened. I think it was a better choice to choose to embrace it. I met some of the best people on Earth.

"Toby." I called walking down the hall.

I peeked into a small room and looked around. The furniture was all draped with white sheets and dust clung to the walls and floor.

"Toby?" I spoke walking on a creaky floor board.

Out of nowhere Toby came out from the shadows and grabbed my arms. He slammed me into the wall and slammed the door shut with his foot.

Once I was against the wall Toby crashed his lips against mine, kissing me vigorously. His lips were so harsh that it almost hurt. But, soon after I realized what was happening I began to kiss him back.. I dug my hands into his hair and pulled him closer to me.

Toby slid his knee between both my legs and pushed me harder into the wall. I think I would of hurt if I wasn't such in love with him.

Toby pulled back way too soon for my liking. "Do you love me?" he whispered against my lips.

My mind was still running from the kiss and my breath was hiked up, so I couldn't answer right away.

"Ange?" he was still holding me to the wall and my body was getting hotter and hotter.

"Yes." I whispered ashamed that I was being a girl and falling in love with this guy I barely knew. I was being ridiculous. I was letting my girly emotions get into my brain and screw around with me.

"Good." He backed away. "Because I love you too."

That was the first actual time that Toby and I had confessed our love for each other. It was kind of unnerving.

But, like a typical girl, I smiled.

We walked hand in hand back out to the lobby and no one said anything else on the matter. Angel gave out entwined hands a disapproving look but didn't say anything. He knew not to, because if he did all I said was one word, "Buffy."

Speaking of little Buff, we had talked over the summer. I needed advice on how to date a vampire. You know, things like where they like to eat, what to get them for birthdays…things like that.

She was hesitant at first but then she understood. She said the main thing I needed to do was be safe. Yeah, got that already.